Scissors or shears



(No Model.)

S. A. NOLEN.

SOISSORS 0R SHEARS. No. 590,330. Patented Sept. 21,1897.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIcE.

STEPHEN A. NOLEN, OF M CORORY, ARKANSAS.

SCISSORS OR SHEARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 590,330, dated September 21, 1897.

Application filed June 8,1897. Serial No. 639,837. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, STEPHEN A. NOLEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mo- Crory, in the county of Woodruff and State of Arkansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Scissors or Shears, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The objects of my invention are to provide simple and inexpensive scissors and shears in which each blade and its handle, consisting of a strip of sheet metal of substantially the same thickness its whole length, have a quarter-twist in the rear of the rivet uniting the blades, the bevel of which quarter-twist of one of the handles is slightly more than the quarter-twist of the other, so that when the blades are nearly closed together the handles will be slightly forced laterally, and consequently the points of the blades will be forced laterally, toward each other. Another object is to provide the thumb-handle with an open loop or hooked thumb-holder having one of its branches pivotally secured to said handle.

Another object is to provide one of the handles with a loop open in its inner end to constitute a hook by which the scissors can be suspended directly upon the edge of a persons pocket or upon the edge of a ladys belt.

I attain these objects by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of scissors constructed in accordance with my inven-' tion. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same. Fig. 3 is a top view of the same. Fig. 4 is a transverse section of the handles on line a; o: of Fig. 3 adjacent to the quarter-twist of the strips of metal. Fig. 5 is a transverse section of the handles on line 1 y of Fig. 3. Fig. (5 is a perspective view of a portion of the thumb-handle with a modified form of thumbholder pivoted to said handle.

In said drawin gs,A represents a blade on the front end of the thumb-handle A said parts A-A being formed of a strip of sheet metal, preferably steel, to which a quarter-twist to the right (but it may be to the left) is given at a, a short distance in the rear of the point where a rivet r or a screw is made to pass through the'blade to connect it to its mate. The handle A is made trough shape or conca'vo-convex along its length to add to its stiffness or rigidity against bending when under vertical strain. Upon the handle A adjacent to its rear end, is mounted a thumbholder or ring. a preferably of sheet metal, pivoted thereto by means of a double-headed pin or rivet a headed loosely enough to permit said ring to be rotated on the surface of the handle in any direction desired and be retained generally at right angle or across the handle when the blades are pushed away from the operator. Said ring a is preferably made slightly flaring toward the rear of the handle to conform to the shape of a persons thumb and is as well adapted to fit the thumb of the left hand as of the right hand.

13 represents the second blade on the front end of the handle B having the loop B which is generally of such size as to receive the index and middle fingers of a persons hand. Said parts 13 and B and the loop 13 are formed also of a strip of sheet metal, preferably steel, on which a quarter-twist to the right is given at 11 substantially similar to and alongside of the quarter-twist a on the handle A The twist on the handle B is slightly greater than that given to the handle A as shown in Fig. 4, so that when the handles are pressed together and the ends of the blades are brought to a nearly-closed position, the lower edge of the handle A riding against the inclined twist of the handle B the handles are slightly forced apart, and consequently the front ends of the blades are brought in contact sidewise wit-h additional force. For the same purpose the blades are given in addition a slight curvature, as shown in Fig. 3 and as ordinarily done by scissors manufacturers and sharpeners.

The portion of the metal strip constituting the handle 13 and loop B is made trough shape. or concavo-convex along its length, as shown in Fig. 5, mainly to add to its stiffness, but it also constitutes a most suitable grasp ing-surface.

To provide (without any additional eX- pense) the scissors with a hook by which they can be suspended directly upon the edge of a persons pockets, the front end of the loop B is bent toward the handle B but not in contact therewith, to maintain an opening cl between said parts and constituting an open throat leading into the hook or loop B Although the thumb-handle A is preferably provided with the ring a as a thumbretainer, the thumb-retainer maybe in the form of a loop, as shown at a in Fig. 6, that is pivotally retained by means of the doubleheaded pin a As the loop a. has one end open it can be used also as ahook to suspend the scissors from the garments of a person.

Having now fully described my invention, I claim 1. In scissors, the combination of two blades, each blade provided with a handle, a headed pin uniting said blades and a thumbretainer a in the form of a hook having one of its branches pivotally connected to the rear end of one of the handles, substantially as described.

2. In "scissors, the combination of two blades connected by a pivot-pin, each blade provided with a handle and one of said handles provided with a hook substantially as described. V

.3. Scissors consisting of two strips of sheet metal of substantially uniform thickness throughout their lengths and pivotally connected, each strip having a quartertwist formed therein in the rear of the pivot, the

twisted portion on one strip being slightly inclined to the twisted portion on the second strip substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses. 

